History Theatre / TheMikado

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The 1907 revival was cancelled for six weeks due to a state visit by Prince Fushimi Sadanaru. It backfired spectacularly when the prince expressed a desire to see the show.

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.[[labelnote:*]]First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of Accounts, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor (both acting and elect), Lord Chamberlain, Attorney General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Privy Purse, Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko), Solicitor (for Ko-Ko, again), Leader of the Opposition, Paymaster General, Lord High Auditor, First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police, Secretary of State for the Home Department ''and'' the Registrar.[[/labelnote]] See also "Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs" below.

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.[[labelnote:*]]First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of Accounts, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor (both acting and elect), Lord Chamberlain, Attorney General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Privy Purse, Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko), Solicitor (for Ko-Ko, again), Leader of the Opposition, Paymaster General, Lord High Auditor, First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police, Secretary of State for the Home Department ''and'' the Registrar.[[/labelnote]]

* LawfulStupid: The Mikado agrees with Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah, and Pitti-Sing's explanation that the execution of his son Nanki-Poo was a complete accident, that nobody should have been expected to deduce his true identity through the disguise, and that they were, after all, carrying out the Mikado's orders that ''somebody'' be executed...but that the three of them should still be subjected to "something lingering, like boiling oil" for the crime of murdering the Heir Apparent of Japan. He even regrets having to do so, stating that there is [[ForgotICouldChangeTheRules nothing that he could do about it.]]

* IAmSong: "If you want to know who we are", "A wandering minstrel, I", "Behold the Lord High Executioner", "Comes a train of little ladies", "Three little maids from school" and "Miya sama". Yes, six of them, quite possibly a record.

* [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout Out to Shakespeare]]: Hamlet's reference to Polonius as a "king of shreds and patches" is borrowed:

* EvolvingMusic: The titular list from "I've Got A Little List".

** Also, "A More Humane Mikado," which is actually more demanding in the patter.

* AccidentallyAccurate: Although Gilbert didn't know it at the time, Ko-Ko is an actual Japanese name.

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.[[labelnote:*]]First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of Accounts, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor (both acting and elect), Lord Chamberlain, Attorney General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Privy Purse, Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko), Solicitor (for Ko-Ko, again), Leader of the Opposition, Paymaster General, Lord High Auditor, First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Registrar[[/labelnote]]

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.[[labelnote:*]]First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of Accounts, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor (both acting and elect), Lord Chamberlain, Attorney General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Privy Purse, Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko), Solicitor (for Ko-Ko, again), Leader of the Opposition, Paymaster General, Lord High Auditory, First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Registrar[[/labelnote]]

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.[[labelnote*]]
First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chief Justice
Commander-in-Chief
Lord High Admiral
Master of Accounts
Groom of the Back Stairs
Archbishop of Titipu
Lord Mayor (both acting and elect)
Lord Chamberlain
Attorney General
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Privy Purse
Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko)
Solicitor (to Ko-Ko)
Leader of the Opposition
Paymaster General
Lord High Auditory
First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Registrar[[/labelnote]]

* TheLongList: When they say Pooh-Bah is "Lord High Everything Else," they mean it.
** The full list of his titles (in order of appearance):
*** First Lord of the Treasury
*** Lord Chief Justice
*** Commander-in-Chief
*** Lord High Admiral
*** Master of Accounts
*** Groom of the Back Stairs
*** Archbishop of Titipu
*** Lord Mayor (both acting and elect)
*** Lord Chamberlain
*** Attorney General
*** Chancellor of the Exchequer
*** Privy Purse
*** Private Secretary (to Ko-Ko)
*** Solicitor (for Ko-Ko, again)
*** Leader of the Opposition
*** Paymaster General
*** Lord High Auditory
*** First (or Chief) Commissioner of Police
*** Secretary of State for the Home Department
*** Registrar

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Yum Yum: beautiful=Good, Katisha: Ugly=Evil. However this trope is lampshaded and parodied as well. Yum Yum ask why she's the most beautiful woman in the whole world "Can this be vanity? No!". As for Katisha, although she is genuinely bloodthirsty and cruel, her loneliness makes her sympathetic ("Hearts do not break").

* LawfulStupid: The Mikado agrees with Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah, and Pitti-Sing's explanation that the execution of his son Nanki-Poo was a complete accident, that nobody should have been expected to deduce his true identity through the disguise, and that they were, after all, carrying out the Mikado's orders that somebody be executed...but that the three of them should still be subjected to "something lingering, like boiling oil" for the crime of murdering the Heir Apparent of Japan. He even regrets having to do so, stating that there is [[ForgotICouldChangeTheRules nothing that he could do about it.]]

-->'''Ko-Ko''': When Your Majesty says "Let a thing be done", it’s as good as done, practically it '''is''' done, because Your Majesty’s word is law. Your Majesty says "Kill a gentleman", and the gentleman is to be killed, consequently that gentleman is as good as dead, practically he '''is''' dead, and if he is dead, why not say so?

* InherentlyFunnyWords: The names, some of which seem to combine this with GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

-->'''Ko-Ko''': When Your Majesty says "Let a thing be done", it’s as good as done, practically it '''is''' done, because Your Majesty’s word is law. Your Majesty says "Kill a gentleman", and the gentleman is taken off to be killed, consequently that gentleman is as good as dead, practically he '''is''' dead, and if he is dead, why not say so?

-->Ko-Ko: When Your Majesty says "Let a thing be done", it’s as good as done, practically it '''is''' done, because Your Majesty’s word is law. Your Majesty says "Kill a gentleman", and the gentleman is taken off to be killed, consequently that gentleman is as good as dead, practically he '''is''' dead, and if he is dead, why not say so?
-->The Mikado: I see. Nothing could possibly be more...ha-ha-ha, satisfactory!

** Cue the Dance Party Ending

* GallowsHumor: Plenty.

* EvilSoundsDeep: The Mikado and Katisha

* AccidentallyAccurate: Although Gilbert didn't know it at the time, KO KO is an actual Japanese name.

** The list in "I've Got a Little List" isn't really that little. This is sometimes [[{{Parody}} parodied]] by having said list long enough to reach the floor when unrolled.

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